FIRST PPA TO PRODUCE ORGANIC EGGS WITH SOLAR ENERGY

The South Oracle (TSO) is once again a pioneer in promoting self-consumption with solar energy through PPA in Spain. Despensa San Nicolas, a company from Jaen, has relied on TSO’s experience to become the first company to sign a solar PPA in the organic food sector in Spain to produce its organic eggs, characterised by their excellent quality and high nutritional value.

This company, which specialises in organic products, will install TSO’s ultralight flexible panel on the roof of its 700 m2 poultry farm. The installation will have a 10.40 kW power capacity, covering the 100% of its daytime electricity consumption. Thanks to the photovoltaic plant that will cover the roof of the organic egg farm, Despensa San Nicolas will stop emitting circa 145,000 kg of CO2 into the atmosphere within the warranty period of the plant, reducing its carbon footprint by approximately 10,000 trees.

The photovoltaic solar plant allows Despensa San Nicolas to complete its sustainable policy, which is a step forward in the environmental balance of the farm, where the birds are raised in open space conditions within an organic olive grove.

 

 

 

 

Energy efficiency and ECO20® certification (made with solar energy)

In order to testify its commitment to environmental sustainability and energy efficiency, Despensa San Nicolas will be awarded with the ECO20® seal, the only one to guarantee a 100% production with energy from the sun, which is certified by ECA Bureau Veritas.

 

ECO20® certificated by ECA Grupo Bureau Veritas

TSO’s ECO20® seal already counts on the certification by ECA Grupo Bureau Veritas.

This seal is the only seal that guarantees the 100% solar origin and the CO2 emission reduction of self-consumption solar energy.

 

TSO, The South Oracle again achieves a milestone in its roadmap as a company specialized in solar energy and, this time, the star is its ECO20® seal, which, in alliance with ECA Grupo Bureau Veritas, makes its application certifiable for any asset, under principles of total objectivity and impartiality regarding the savings in consumption.

 

ECO20® is the only seal guaranteeing the residential, commercial, service and industrial sectors that the origin of their power consumption is solar energy. This seal proves the clear position in favour of environmental sustainability, because of its double certifying function: on one side, it guarantees the 100% solar originated self-consumption; and, on the other side, it thus testifies the reduction in CO2 emissions.

 

Furthermore, there are four differentiating ECO20® categories to determine the level of solar energy self-consumption from any installation or power plant. This way, every sector, in function of their solar power consumption, can be certified with the ECO20® seal, proving their level of energy efficiency. To that intent, there exist four distinctive referentials of the ECO20® seal establishing the level of a solar power plant’s renewable self-consumption. The first is the seal itself, aimed to certify those not overpassing 50% of renewable power consumption; the second, labeled as ‘Silver’, credits self-consumption up to 70%; the third, labeled as ‘Gold’, credits up to 80%; and the last category, ‘Platinum’, certifies those solar installations over 80%.

How ECO20® is born

 

Early 2017, TSO detected the growing interest big multinational companies showed in supplying their power needs with 100% renewable energy through direct self-consumption. Corporations like Apple, Google, News Corp, etc. were installing huge renewable power plants to supply their DPCs and central facilities. The whole initiative is born with the intentino to emotionally connect to their customers and increase their fidelization.

 

Following the same trend, TSO designed this certification called ECO20®: “Made with solar energy”, based on the compensation of warranties of origin issued by CNMC, for self-consumption solar photovoltaic installations for exporting agrofood companies. But, currently, this concept has been expanded  to other sectors (real estate, health, industrial or services) due to the huge potential it represents. This way, any company, business, industry or residential building consuming solar photovoltaic energy can differentiate from concurrence in a positive manner through the certification offered by the ECO20® seal, improving their policy in terms of sustainability and efficiency, and being part of their country’s energy transition.

 

 

“ECO20® made with solar energy” – Differentiate your products with sustainable certification.

The final customer decides what is being sold.

The power of the consumer who is increasingly concerned about sustainable and ethically produced products cannot be underestimated. In this way it is the consumer who has managed to get some supermarket chains to withdraw eggs from cage-bred hens, that more and more organic food can be acquired on large areas, and that there are whole ranges for gluten-allergic, and all this, at an increasingly affordable price for most people.

To give the consumer peace of mind and confidence, the products carry a certification that certifies the sustainable, ecological, fair or free production of certain substances.

Thus, in the case of organic food, there are different seals according to the country where organic production was certified, for example the EU Organic Bio Logo, Ecocert, CAEE (Andalusian Committee for Organic Farming), Bioland, Sophiscert and Demeter among others. The beamed spike (ELS) or “FACE controlled” certifies gluten-free products. And, in the case of cocoa, are several certifications such as Fair Trade (Fairtrade), organic certification (IFOAM), Rainforest Alliance and UTZ Certified (Sustainable agriculture).

The purchase, and hence the sale, of certified sustainable products is growing, and a continuation of this trend is expected in the coming years, or even an increase at a faster rate.

Major brands have to adapt to consumer behaviour and the trend towards sustainable, ecological, social and ethical. For example, last week, the chocolate company Rittersport has announced that all its production will be based on sustainable cocoa. And for their sustainable and social policies they have been awarded the German Sustainable Enterprises Award 2018.

What connection do these sustainable, ecological and ethical food certificates have with the TSO solar kit and our “ECO20 ®: Made with solar Energy” certification?

 

A certification is a written guarantee, granted by an independent certifying agency, which ensures that the production process or that the product complies with certain requirements established by different organizations or countries. This makes it possible to differentiate the products with certification from others.

With the Certification “ECO20 ®: Made with solar energy” it is guaranteed that during the production process much of the energy used is 100% of solar origin. The independent body that gives the certification in this case is an entity accredited by ENAC and as “ECO20 ®: Made with Solar Energy” is based on the Guarantees of Origin, it is the own CNMC (National commission of Markets and Competition), which proves that certain electrical energy used in the production process has been obtained from the Sun.

When the consumer buys products that carry the “ECO20 ®: Made with solar energy” certification, it can be calm that in the production process, solar energy has been used, which our ultraflexible photovoltaic solar panels (PSFU) generate. Therefore, the final customer knows that it acquires more sustainable products and that the carbon footprint of the food it obtains in a supermarket is lower compared to that of another; Since in its production process it has been used renewable energy, coming from the sun. Consumers responsible for the environment, in this way, are confident that products with “ECO20 ®: Made with Solar Energy” reduce the impact on the greenhouse effect. That is why companies have, at the end, a certification that differentiates them as a sustainable company and committed to our planet.

What’s more, if the external agents and customers, of the companies where we have installed our Solar TSO kit, want to check firsthand that it is actually occurring with solar energy, our information screens ratify, at all times, the energy Generated with photovoltaic solar panels.

In our autonomous community, the agri-food sector plays a fundamental role, and so our first steps are being given in this área. Soon, consumers will be able to find food certified with “ECO20 ®: Made with solar energy “and among all we will not only socialize solar energy, but make this planet a better world. We will be happy to advise you on TSO The South Oracle: Contact.